cover 1895 (5 May) ½c. postcard from Alice Little (wife of Archibald Little, who started the Chungking and Ichang Local Posts) to Shanghai, cancelled by the oval datestamp and with Shanghai Local Post arrival at foot. The message includes ... "I think you will like this Postcard, which is just out ...". Fine and the earliest known example. Photo | Christie's

Lot 2446

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cover 1895 (5 May) ½c. postcard from Alice Little (wife of Archibald Little, who started the Chungking and Ichang Local Posts) to Shanghai, cancelled by the oval datestamp and with Shanghai Local Post arrival at foot. The message includes ... "I think you will like this Postcard, which is just out ...". Fine and the earliest known example. Photo

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cover 1895 (5 May) ½c. postcard from Alice Little (wife of Archibald Little, who started the Chungking and Ichang Local Posts) to Shanghai, cancelled by the oval datestamp and with Shanghai Local Post arrival at foot. The message includes ... "I think you will like this Postcard, which is just out ...". Fine and the earliest known example. Photo

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cover 1895 (5 May) ½c. postcard from Alice Little (wife of Archibald Little, who started the Chungking and Ichang Local Posts) to Shanghai, cancelled by the oval datestamp and with Shanghai Local Post arrival at foot. The message includes ... "I think you will like this Postcard, which is just out ...". Fine and the earliest known example. Photo